Health

Health

· 9,208 adults and children received testing for HIV, anti-retroviral or medical care for HIV/AIDS, in Osun and Oyo States.· 2,060 pregnant women and new mothers living with HIV received mother-to-child transmission prevention Oyo State.· 1,000 people were served by malaria control programs across two states.· 450 women benefitted from health services, including screening for cervical cancer.· 1,800 Tanzanians students studying to be doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and radiologists, received support. · $18,000 in surplus hospital medical supplies were sent to Oluyoro Catholic Hospital Oke Offa, Ibadan,Oyo State, Nigeria, Olajumoke Hospital,Iyana Church,Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria and Akinbami Health Clinic, Akinbami, Ayedire Local Government, Osun State,Nigeria..· Rural community health workers received almost 20,500 African-ready bicycles, which allowed them to deliver more care to more patients. · 1,300 rural Nigerians participated in sex education and health “mobile classes” with a focus on HIV/AIDS. · 670 orphans and vulnerable children in Oyo State received nutritional treatment and screening.· 30,000 condoms were distributed to adults and commercial sex workers in Oyo State in Nigeria.· 7,000 birth safety kits were distributed to traditional birth attendants four local Government in Oyo State in Nigeria

·The dewormer (Albendazole) had helped expel worms from the children.This on the longer term will aid digestion of 150 children and by extension the health of the children. Similarly, the vitamin a distributed had helped in the improvement of sight and the cognitive development of the children in general.